10/13/13…Austin City Limits Music Festival @ Zilker Park, Day Three

I woke up on this rainy Sunday morning still smiling from seeing The Cure the night before. I had some breakfast, fed my cats, & then hopped on the computer. As I was scrolling through my Newsfeed on Facebook, I happened to see something about the festival being canceled due to the heavy rains. The rain never stopped from the night before. We saw more rain that night than we had seen in 15 years in Austin. WOW!! I didn’t want to believe that the fest was actually canceled, so I immediately went to the ACL Festival website to see if it was true. And this is what was posted:

Weekend Two Sunday Information

AUSTIN – October 13, 2013 – Due to current weather conditions with flash flood warnings, The Austin City Limits Music Festival organizers have canceled the festival for Sunday, October 13.

“Our first priority is always the safety of our fans, staff and artists,” said Shelby Meade, communications director for C3 Presents, the promoter behind Austin City Limits Music Festival. “We regret having to cancel the show today, but safety always comes first.”

Refunds will be issued automatically by check from Front Gate Tickets within three weeks. One-third of ticket price will be refunded to all ticket buyers based on original ticket price paid, and will be mailed to the billing address on the original order. For questions, please visit http://support.frontgatetickets.com.

If you lost something or left an item at Bag & Chair Check, please fill out the form at aclfestival.com/lost and we’ll try to reunite you with your belongings as soon as we can!

Needless to say, I was devastated. It wasn’t even about getting money back for me. It was about missing all the great bands that I had planned on seeing that day. I had planned an amazing Day Three. This is what I missed out on:

Dawes–2:00pm – 3:00pm

Grouplove–3:30pm – 4:30pm

Divine Fits–4:30pm – 5:30pm

The National–5:30pm – 6:30pm

Tame Impala–6:30pm – 7:30pm

Phoenix–7:00pm – 8:30pm

Atoms For Peace–7:40pm – 9:40pm

Lionel Richie–8:30pm – 10:00pm

Yeah, I was bummed all day. To be honest, I’m STILL bummed. The ACL website later posted this video showing how much flooding really did affect the park:

Granted it does look pretty bad, but I’m still not sure it was bad enough to cancel the entire day. I’ll never know for sure and I’ll ALWAYS look back on this day with sadness.